America's Car Museum
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America's Car Museum
Coordinates: 47°14′10″N 122°25′48″W / 47.236°N 122.430°W
| LeMay America's Car Museum | |
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| Established | 2012 |
| Location | Tacoma, Washington, USA |
| Type | Automobile museum |
| Collection size | 700 automobiles |
| Visitor figures | 425,000 annually expected[1] |
| President | David Madeira (CEO) |
| Website | www.lemaymuseum.org |
The LeMay - America's Car Museum is a museum in the city of Tacoma, Washington. A new museum facility adjacent to the Tacoma Dome is scheduled to open in June 2012.[1] Most of the cars on display will be donated by the family of Harold LeMay to the museum.
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Harold LeMay owned a successful refuse company, Harold LeMay Enterprises, within the Tacoma metro area and amassed the world's largest private car collection.[1] After his death, the city of Tacoma donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land next to the Tacoma Dome for the Museum that would contain most of his car collection. At a price of $100 million,[1] the Museum is being called "America's Car Museum." The Museum will be about 165,000 square feet (1.53 ha), and will contain Harold LeMay's cars along with gift shops, restoration shops, lecture halls, galleries, a banquet room, and café.
The museum will have a 500 car gallery showing cars remarkable for their speed, technology and design, as well as their importance to car culture. Outside the museum will be a 3 acres (1.2 ha) courtyard and clubhouse for car clubs. The museum may also become home to the LeMay Annual Car Show, which is currently held on the last Saturday of August at the Marymount grounds and the LeMay homestead. The new Museum is set to open June 2, 2012. When the new Museum facility opens, it will be the largest automobile museum in the world (in square footage and in the number of cars on display).
The museum has "Club Auto" satellite locations in Tacoma, Kirkland, Washington, and Lakewood, Colorado.[2]
Donors and Sponsors
Harold LeMay's wife, Nancy LeMay donated $15 million to the museum. The City of Tacoma's land donated to the museum is estimated to be worth $17 million.
AAA Washington made the largest corporate donation to date with its 2008 commitment of $1.6 million.[3] Other major Museum sponsors include Bonhams, Boeing, The News Tribune, and State Farm Insurance.
Other donors include various car collectors, auto clubs and citizens worldwide.
References
- ^ a b c d Nicole Brodeur (May 27, 2012), "Tacoma's LeMay car museum honors the American automobile", Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2018270964_trlemay27.html
- ^ Club Auto, LeMay Museum, http://www.lemaymuseum.org/page.php?id=130, retrieved 2012-03-13
- ^ LeMay Lands AAA Donation Business Examiner(2008-09-08). Retrieved on 2009-01-22.
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